Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-23

Ern1 neaxIy rsaay 10 sashsr. tha 81.
loEing ellpfinx from n axEhangs vi
b. d Interest
Ths fn9airy Is alsen made. - whni
111e should Ne gather CIR winter ~
Ekda. and n wi1ae month and On WhAi
NaFs also he tsKae * TIE n1ocnH No
definite rule Gs g time can b gwen
The beg1 peEiod vii vary with tie ~
Klssy ms vel a. with he same fruit IN
different seasons, and the lesit11e Val
q couEze, modify tie fzme. i they
aTt gathered teo soon fA4y vi not
haYe Fe4ehea their Enll hnR0F. and the
speGimena viii be liable % villa ard dry
up. II left TO- iang they VII Be blown
oH b. thewind and BRUISED b. he tall,
and over ripe fruit viii be more snbjec1
70 prelaatare decay. ApPies which
keep best are those which are fully ripe
and which nre filed with Fich juices,
with hard exterior. The best ku0wi-
edge % e the true time i obtained By
Supplying the wei known rnle il iudg-
ing Il the maturity az peaKs, viz By
lifting uu the fruit 20 a horizontal posi-
ton. and Il the STAN cracks or &C the
natural point q separation, 3 e time
$50 @AN# 49, At--9A 49, $500 @@.~f
however, be q difference In this time
with the same variety on cinerent
trees. IS sell as difference on the same
tree. Il the crop mnst be ali gathered
81 oncas The owner should examine 3
number Of specimens and take the az
eraEe time. or WHEN the largest nunl-
Der b IN the night condition. Il the
orchard i small, the fruit Of which Is
intended for home or family use, one
hall Of the crop, consisting Of the Tlpeet
Specimens, which arr shown by their
color and the freesfom with which they
separate from the branch. may be
picked frst. and IN 6 week or two the
remainder. the ripening Of which viii
be AL the better Tor the removal Of the
irsf half. Some varieties Tipen nearly
al &c the same time, but with others Il
usually happens that the fruit natures
Ii succession for two or three weeks,
and where practicable Il VII Be worth
the additional trouble 70 gather them
Ia succession a. hey become fully ma
kured.
Mach diversity Of opinion exists on
shs propEiety Of allowing apples 70
sweat before they are packed away
for winter use. This operation and its
nature are very imperfscfly understo0d
by many 0rchardisfs. IL has two
causes, one Of which Is the condensa-
ton Of the moisture Of warmer at
mosphere on colder fruit, and the other
the evaporation of surplus Of water
In the fruit. which - partly from ex-
csssively moist weather. The necessity
OF allowing Il to take place depends
much an thu Condition. Of the aDart-
ment In which che fruit Is stored. II
the apartment b quite damp. the fruit
deposited in if, L already aurcharged
with moisture, will be likely 70 decay
bat u the apartment u quife dry, che
apples viii be sufficiently subjected 70
the drying process without further
trouble. But moisture viii do no
harm IN an apartment kept At freezing
point.
Apples, 70 kesp wen, should not
sweat. We had splendid luck 2
with the Washington fruit ct the New
Orleans Exposition BY keeping the re-
serve fruit in cool. dark, dry storage,
gnos cold storagel and had most varie-
ties Of apples in perfection up 70
March. We have now commenced
gathering the apples, taking the boxes
direct 10 the orchard, 20 that one han
ding win answer. and that the same
e you would eggs, boys" as the eau
ton goes forth almost . score Of times
= day.